Just in case anyone needs reminding:
Category: Politics
Trying not to start the public floggings
Unexpectedly
Yeah, nobody saw this one coming:
Illinois’ new “assault weapon” and magazine ban is in effect, and on October 1, that state opened its registry for grandfathered weapons and magazines so that owners who already have legally purchased weapons can register them with the state. Illinois gun owners, of course, rushed to register their weapons and magazines in compliance with the new law.
Just kidding. Almost nobody has registered anything.
As part of the Protect Illinois Communities Act that was enacted earlier this year, the registration portal for firearms owners in Illinois that own certain semi-automatic firearms, accessories and ammunition opened Oct. 1. While the law bans more than 170 semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, it also bans handgun magazines over 15 rounds and rifle magazines over 10 rounds. Magazines do not have to be registered.
Illinois State Police published the first round of statistics Tuesday, and of more than 2.4 million Firearm Owner ID card holders, 1,050 individuals have registered a total of 3,202 firearms, .50 caliber ammunition and accessories.
“You’re at 0.0004%. That’s a rounding error,” gun rights advocate Todd Vandermyde told The Center Square.
To be fair, as Glenn Reynolds would say, that’s about half the number of Connecticut gun owners who rushed to register their AR-15s etc. after a similar law was passed there.
ILGov Fatboi Pritzker must be shitting in his capacious pants.
No Power?
One of the many things I detest about X/Twatter is that the response is posted above the initial Twat, so it requires eyeball gymnastics / Hebraic reading discipline to figure out what the hell everyone is talking about.
Here’s one stream, which I’ve edited so as to make it readable for people of reasonable intelligence:
…which brings me to my main point:
Adam Kinzinger is a total fuckhead.
And Ron DeSantis isn’t.
But you all knew that.
Permanent Stance: Bent Over
Here’s some (un)surprising news:
Republicans Are About to Get Caught With Their Pants Down in Virginia’s Elections
Ummm I hate to break it to you, but the Stupid Party’s pants are in a perpetual state of “down”, which is why the Socialists find it so easy to bend them over the desk, time after time.
Still, the details are awful, but in fact pretty predictable:
Virginia is one of the few states that holds its state-wide elections on off years, and the balance of its General Assembly there hangs in the balance. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been working non-stop to secure a majority, both to deliver tangible conservative wins and to redefine the narrative surrounding more recent GOP losses.
Unfortunately, according to a new report, the Republican National Committee doesn’t seem to be interested in helping with that cause.
…because that might hinder the Stupid Party’s efforts to help the Socialists, you see.
And if you smell “Romney” all over this one, you would be correct.
The Republican Party is the NRA of conservatism.
Double Win
Here’s a win-win situation:
The Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) is demanding that the Fresno Unified School district set aside parking for homeless families, as a part of their larger list of demands – such as free laundry services – as the union prepares to go on strike.
Yes; nothing says “We Care About The Children!” more than putting a squatters’ camp right on school property.
Fortunately, the school district is showing just a little common sense:
The district has previously stated that it does not plan to bow to the union’s demand, with the district’s chief communications officer saying that, “We do not plan to open our parking lots,” since “education, not housing,” is the school district’s area of expertise.
The union has other demands: money for “security”, an end to Global Warming, banning tooth decay and some other equally-important stuff, but nemmind.
Here’s the win: the longer this bunch of malcontent Marxists can stay out of the classroom, the better-off the kids will be.
And here’s the other win: the longer the school district plays hardball, the sooner the striking schoolteachers will have to join the ranks of the homeless they seem to care so much about.
Of course, there’s another way to deal with these striking teachers:
…but no doubt someone’s going to have a problem with this.
Wait A Minute
Okay, okay… this is seriously good news:
Renowned firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson ditched deep blue Massachusetts and moved its headquarters to friendlier pastures in Tennessee. Although the move was announced in 2021, it was on Saturday that the company officially opened its new 650,000-square feet building in Maryville as part of a $125 million relocation effort.
The company has been in New England since its founding in 1852, but Massachusetts’ strict gun laws are at least partly to blame for their exodus.
Not to mention the Massholes’ steep taxes, which the article notes.
And there was shooty fun and joyousness all round, you betcha:
Yesterday at Smith & Wesson’s new headquarters in Tennessee, Jerry Miculek set the #NRA World Record for hitting six steel plates with a 9 mm revolver at seven yards after a 1.88-second run.
So: apart from not wanting to stay in the People’s Soviet of Massachusetts, why the move?
S&W CEO Mark Smith cited a welcoming regulatory environment and close collaboration with the Tennessee state government as a crucial piece of the plan to relocate. The company has said the new facility would create hundreds of jobs.
Tennessee has moved to loosen gun restrictions in recent years under Republican leadership. In 2021, the state passed a law to allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without a permit that requires first clearing a state-level background check and training.
Yeah, okay fine, but what are we Texans? Chopped liver? We have all the good stuff that Tennessee has, also better BBQ.
But let me not quibble. Anytime a company — any company — comes to its senses and gets out of Communist America, it’s a good thing.
These are just a few of the S&W guns I used to own (before that tragic day crossing the Brazos by canoe), and under the right circumstances, I’d own quite a few more again.